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Reported Statements (say vs tell)

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    Put the direct statements into the reported speech. Put the verbs in brackets into the past tense.
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  • "Harry, your room is a mess." (mum / tell)
    Harry's mum told him that his room was a mess.
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  • "We'll take the bus downtown." (Paul / say)
    Paul said that they would take the bus downtown.
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  • "We're going on a school trip." (the teacher / tell / us)
    The teacher told us that we were going on a school trip.
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  • "John really fancies you, Ana". (Tim / tell)
    Tim told Ana that John really fancied her.
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  • "I'm going shopping on Saturday." (Adam / say)
    Adam said that he was going shopping on Saturday.
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  • "I can't swim." (Tony / say)
    Tony said that he could not swim.
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  • "I don't understand the question." (Martha /tell / our teacher)
    Martha told our teacher that she didn't understand the question.
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  • "I've decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." (Martin Luther KIng Jr. / say)
    Martin Luther King Jr. said that he had decided to stick with love because hate was too great a burden to bear.
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  • "Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening." (Nelson Mandela / tell his people)
    Nelson Mandela told his people to live life as though nobody was watching and express themselves as though everyone was listening.
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  • "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed." (Martin Luther King / say)
    Martin Luther King said that he had a dream that one day that nation would rise up and live out the meaning of its credo.
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  • "I won't give up my seat." (Rosa Parks / tell / the driver)
    Rosa Parks told the driver that she wouldn't give up her seat.
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  • "You'll have to pay a fine of $14." (the judge / tell)
    The judge told Rosa that she would have to pay a fine of $14.
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  • "Segregation is illegal." (The Supreme Court /say)
    The Supreme court said that segregation was illegal.
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  • "We'll arrest you if you don't move!" (The police / warn)
    The police warned Rosa that they would arrest her if she didn't move.
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  • "I want you to come here!" (dad / tell / Peter)
    His dad told Peter that he wanted him to go there.
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  • "I saw you yesterday." (Eve / tell / Peter)
    Eve told Peter that she had seen him the day before / the previous day.
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